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SolarWinds Survey: Majority of Public Sector Tech Practitioners Confident in Organizations’ IT Risk Management Strategies

A new SolarWinds report shows that 72 percent of public sector technology professionals said they believe their organizations are prepared to mitigate and manage enterprise information technology risks. SolarWinds said Wednesday it surveyed 91 technology practitioners and senior executives from public sector organizations in the U.S. and Canada between March and April for this year’s […] More

by Jane Edwards July 30, 2021, 7:05 am
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in Industry News, News

AGA-Grant Thornton Survey Highlights Measures Government CFOs Used to Address IT, Workforce Challenges During Pandemic

A new survey from the Association of Government Accountants and Grant Thornton‘s public sector arm describes the methods used by chief financial officers from federal and state government agencies to make decisions to address information technology, workforce, organizational resiliency and real estate challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. AGA and Grant Thornton said Tuesday they carried […] More

by Jane Edwards July 29, 2021, 11:50 am
in Biometrics, News

Donnie Scott: IDEMIA to Advance Work on Digital Identity, Contactless Biometrics
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in Executive Spotlight, Industry News, News, Technology

Executive Spotlight: Constellis CEO Terry Ryan

ExecutiveBiz had the opportunity to speak with Terry Ryan, chief executive officer of Constellis, regarding his transition as CEO since taking over the role in Jan. 2021, his vision for Constellis and main goals for company growth, as well as the continued development of emerging tech capabilities in the federal sector and the great benefits […] More

by William McCormick June 15, 2021, 11:56 am
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in Industry News, News, Technology

Lockheed’s Bridget Lauderdale on F-35 Supply Chain, 2021 Deliveries

Bridget Lauderdale, vice president and general manager of the F-35 program at Lockheed Martin, said the company is seeing the recovery of the F-35 fighter jet supply chain after a year of factory closures and delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Defense One reported Thursday. “We’re seeing the return of a good portion of the […] More

by Jane Edwards June 11, 2021, 12:13 pm
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in Industry News, News, Technology

Red River’s Tim Rod on Security Tech Adoption in Federal Government

Tim Rod, chief technology officer of Red River, said he sees security technologies and software-defined wide area network as some of the emerging technologies that will have a major impact on the federal government’s operations in the coming years. He told FedScoop in an interview posted Wednesday that the shift to remote work and supply […] More

by Jane Edwards June 10, 2021, 11:54 am
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in Cloud, News

Nutanix’s Chip George: Agencies Must Embrace Hybrid Work Model to Help Meet Modern Demands

Chip George, vice president of public sector sales at Nutanix, said federal and public sector information technology leaders must prioritize further adoption of telework approach and modernization of IT systems to help them meet modern demands and achieve mission goals moving forward. In a commentary piece Nextgov published Friday, George wrote that agencies demonstrated persistent […] More

by Christine Thropp June 1, 2021, 9:06 am
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in Contract Awards, News

Battelle to Support Deployment of COVID-19 Tests in Midwest Under HHS Contract

The Department of Health and Human Services has awarded Battelle a contract to oversee the logistics of deploying COVID-19 tests in 16 states in the Midwest. Battelle said Thursday it will begin testing in early July through HHS’ Midwest Expanded Testing Coordination Hub with a focus on schools and underserved populations. The nonprofit company was […] More

by Jane Edwards June 1, 2021, 6:06 am
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in Cloud, News, Technology

Riverbed’s Shaun Bierweiler: Agencies Need Visibility Into Network Operations to Support Future Distributed Workforce
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in Executive Spotlight, News, Technology

Executive Spotlight: Unanet CEO Craig Halliday Discusses ERP Tech Advancements; Benefits for GovCon Sector

Craig Halliday, chief executive officer of Unanet, recently spoke with ExecutiveBiz regarding the launch of the company’s enhanced capabilities for its ERP technology platform, benefits for contractors in GovCon and the federal workforce as a whole. “The key for us is that if there is a better and easier way for a customer to run their business, we will do everything we can to provide them with that product or service.”

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by William McCormick May 12, 2021, 9:54 am
in News, Technology

Q&A With David Egts of Red Hat Details Edge Computing Importance, Addressing Challenges and Hybrid Cloud Approach

David Egts, senior director and chief technologist of Red Hat's North American public sector, recently took part in a recent Q&A session with ExecutiveBiz to detail the ongoing importance of edge computing and its capabilities in data processing. David Egts is the senior director and chief technologist of Red Hat’s North America public sector organization.

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by William McCormick May 10, 2021, 10:35 am
in Contract Awards, News

Palantir, Coast Guard Renew Software Contract; Doug Philippone Quoted

The U.S. Coast Guard will continue to use Palantir-made data management and analytics software for another nine months under a potential $11.25 million contract renewal. Palantir said Thursday it has provided the military service access to its technology over the past year to help the branch manage resource data amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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by Mary-Louise Hoffman May 7, 2021, 12:12 am